Iowa City Owl

One of the biggest and most controversial topics right now surrounds the popular fried chicken restaurant, Chick-fil-A. Iowa has now been subject to the results of the media craze that has been ongoing with the restaurant.

After over two months of burning, the cleanup of the Iowa City Landfill is finally scheduled to begin today. [ads]On May 26, the Iowa City Landfill caught fire and erupted into what would be a two month long fire that would burn much of the 7 1/2 acre landfill, doing an unbelievable amount of damage to the landfill over a two month period.

An Iowa City woman will join the masses in this year's International Peace Bike Tour in Japan. During the trek, which is set to begin August 7, she and over 30 other people will ride their bikes across Japan.

Two Iowa City residents are back on the fight to remove all of the red-light cameras as well as other unmanned traffic-enforcement devices in Iowa City, which were recently allowed in a controversial movement.

Three University of Iowa graduates have changed the reputation of Iowa City with the creation of a film company that is now on its third full-length movie. They are filming scenes for their movies all over Iowa City.

Yet another University of Iowa athlete has had a run-in with the law and has been arrested. 20-year old runningback De'Andre Johnson has been suspended from the team because this will be his second misdemeanor in a matter of just three days.

Authorities have issued a subpoena for an interview with the mother of one of the two missing Iowa girls from KWWL-TV, a Waterloo-based television station, claiming it could help their investigation. [ads]According to bradenton.

An Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to an attempt to extort the company that owns the cable network TLC. [ads]According to www.macon.com, 49-year old Teresa Hunt, a photographer from Bettendorf, has admitted to attempting to extort TLC by revealing an affair involving one of the cast members on the show "19 Kids and Counting," a popular series on TLC.

The incredibly popular television show American Idol is back for yet another season, and this time it will be doing something very different, and this difference will mean something very good for those that would like to try out.

After an astonishing amount of time, the landfill fire in Iowa City is still burning, even though the flames cannot be seen at this point. [ads]The Iowa City landfill caught fire on May 26 after a load was brought in that has been believed to start the fire.